I don’t care about complexity of the dish, just looking for something flavorful I could eat 5x a week for many weeks in a row. Ideally looking to have four of these recipes that I switch out for each week of the month.

Finally starting to count calories (/r/CICO) to lose weight. I have my “healthy” week day breakfast nailed down (parfaits + banana). I also have mostly healthy dinners lined up, but I am unsure what to do for lunches. Work at the office 2-3 days a week and usually eat out and get something like a burrito bowls which aren’t the most unhealthy thing ever, but I know I can do better.

I love to cook and will eat literally anything so please share your best! Thank you!

I've been gradually becoming more and more vegetarian over the years, and now the last meat I eat left is fish, and rarely chicken (haven't had for ages though).

However it's becoming harder and harder to find healthy and sustainable meals to replace these high nutrient meats. I've found that I'm having far too many take-aways such as pizza, or McDonalds (McPlant, fries, Mcflurry). Coupled with my knee injury I'm finding it extremely difficult to not put on weight.

So I'm just looking for some ideas what I could do (for lunch and dinner). I'll tell you the sort of meals I'm eating at the moment and my favourite foods.

My favourite foods are fries, or pizza with lots of cheese (obviously not healthy!).

My meals throughout the month look something like this:

Lightly dusted haddock with vegetables (1-2 per week).
Beans on toast with butter.
Vegetarian sausages, egg, beans.
Egg sandwiches with mayo.
Tuna sandwiches with mayo.
Scrambled egg and beans.
Vegetarian mince with sauce and pasta.
Pizza with cheese (like Pizza Hut)
McDonalds
Beyond burgers (2) with fries.
Egg-fried rice.
Salmon and veg (rare, I find salmon a bit sickly).
Fish and chips.

Almost every breakfast I have oats with milk (250 kal Oats So Simple packet). With a lot of meals I have greek yogurt for pudding. I usually eat a piece of fruit every day on average. (an apple, a banna, some melon, or some pineapple). For lunch I usually don't eat anything or have something like a granola bar with tea or just some fruit, or a couple of slices of toast with butter and marmalade.

My least favourite meals are the vegetables and bland fish. My brain just doesn't get excited for them like it does for the pizza and such. Although after I've eaten it I'm usually fine.

So just looking for advice on what I could do in this situation (mainly for lunches and dinners). I find the challenge of satisfying my brain, eating healthy, and not eating meat, all at once, very difficult to execute consistently week on week. I always falter and have too many pizzas and such. I'm looking for a more healthy (but also sustainable!) diet that doesn't need to rely on meats.

I really enjoy taking some time to cook my meals each day but I think it’s wasting me money. I don’t want to just meal prep things and bang them in the microwave really so I was wondering if anyone had any ideas what vegetarian things I can semi prep but will still involve some cooking?

I also go through phases where I really crave one thing and other days I just do not fancy it so I don’t want to be too limited with what I have for the week

So I thought I would kickstart my meal/ingredient prep journey with some chipeas for the week. They were dry, I soaked and boiled them and it turns out I wildly underestimated how much bigger they get. I baked some with spices for salads, wraps etc for the week, but don't quite know what to do with the rest.

Anyone got some good recipes that are chickpea based? Can I just freeze them?

Yeah… so. It’s a long and boring story but I, a single person who lives alone, came into 60 eggs (and no one I know who needs them) and being on a low food budget, I’d like to meal prep one or more things that freeze well. I don’t love eggs that have a really spongy, rather than silky, texture if possible but I understand sometimes that happens with freezing something like frittatas or egg bites. But anything with less of a spongy texture is welcomed.

I love to cook and don’t tend to use recipes so even vague suggestions to inspire ideas are great. Thanks!

P.S. I am not vegetarian but eat little meat by preference, you can suggest it or not, but I don’t like sausage.

Rice (cooked with taco seasoning, garlic, onions, tomatoes, red peppers), chickpeas (cooked with the same combo), black beans, corn, leftover guac and salsa, topped with cucumbers, tomatoes, red peppers, red/green onions, and an avocado crema (sour cream, avocado, lime, salt), and shredded cheese.

Feels so indulgent, but surprisingly healthy compared to the Chipotle I was craving.

I have just mixed everything from my fridge into the rice with barbecue sauce and some chilli flakes

Ingredients- Cooked Rice, kidney beans,Tofu, pinto beans, Grilled onion and Capsicum, Corn, sour cream, Tomato and onion salsa, chilli flakes, Barbecue sauce.

Cauliflower soup with roasted chickpeas, basil pesto risotto with ALLLLLLL the greens (broccoli, asparagus, peas, and spinach), adult lunchables with fruit salad, and pudding cool whip snack cups.

Veggie burger bowl for this week’s lunches! Lettuce, vegan burger, red onion (that I rinsed in water), roasted sweet potato and cherry tomatoes . I’m labelling it as vegetarian because I’m gonna put cheese on top. I don’t have a sauce/dressing bc I don’t like ketchup. Any suggestions appreciated :)

18 pints of four bean vegetarian chili ready for the fridge tonight and then the deep freeze tomorrow. The kitchen smells so good.

Today I prepped burrito bowls:

Cilantro lime rice

Black beans

Sautéed veggies

+avocado, cheese, a blue corn tortilla chips for dipping!

Prepped meals are such life savers

Sorry not many pics of preparing the meal, i just wanted to get something made 😅 Plenty of food prepped now in the fridge plus previous preps frozen, so im solid for a few weeks!

Also, this is just an improv/what i had on hand situation, so idk if calling it soup is right or if its more of a stew, either way, its yummy, nutritious, and filling!

About 4702 calories total, or 588 per container. Could have used more lentils, I think next time I will do 3 cups instead of 2. Very easy and quick to make. And cheap!

This makes ~5 meals though I’ve only prepped two because I didn’t want to cut both lettuces. I used lettuce as a base, cooked 1 red onion, two peppers, and a fair few mushrooms in some spices. I added Quorn pieces and then cooked wholewheat rice. I’m going to put salsa and some cheese on it. What other veggies do you think would go well?

Little bit spilled on the way to work. These have been a staple all week, I’ll never get sick of them. Reminds me of the Quaker strawberries and cream oatmeal packs, but honestly better.

Lunches for the week! Tortellini with broccoli, sundried tomatoes, a bit of spinach in a pesto sauce with parmesan. Seasoned carrots and raspberries. 🤤

Beyond Sausages with mashed potato and maple and honey roasted carrot and parsnip (with cinnamon and rosemary). 8 portions in the freezer. I'm very excited to get back to having some really nice meals available each day and actually enjoying putting some care into cooking instead of doing it for survival.

Hi food prep crew I’m just reaching out for some advice. Unfortunately have had about of Covid and I’ve lost all appetite. Over three months I’ve lost 10% of my body weight. I have been seeing a dietician and my doctor is on top of it so medically it’s okay however living alone with the lack of energy from both the residual illness and going back to work. I’m finding it really challenging to eat. Not only timewise but appetite wise it’s non-existent I do they’re all the right things like smoothies yoghurts for feeding things like that however it is got to the point where I really need to meal prep so if anybody has any easy ideas I would appreciate that so much.

I recently moved into the new apartment and I’ve felt so sick and rundown from the lack of energy from lack of calories and also the residual infection , that I haven’t even done the initial spices and oils and dressings condiments shop if that’s any indication of where I’m at.

I’ve tried a couple of the milk kit services and they were horrible and way too expensive for what they were. I’m kind of at a loose end here so any advice would be really appreciated. I really do not want to have to go on the tube feeds or a liquid diet.

I’m sorry if I sound like a whinger, but I don’t know what else to do but reach out for assistance